When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.

What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

Probably 95 percent of the things that are written never get on the screen.

When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.